Tzute, cofradã­a

Museum number:
3-29835
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Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces, warps cut and hemmed by hand, joined center by randa.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nahuala, Sololá, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Solola; Nahuala, Guatemala
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tzute, cofradã­a, accession number 3-29835, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces, warps cut and hemmed by hand, joined center by randa.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tzute, cofradã­a, accession number 3-29835, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces, warps cut and hemmed by hand, joined center by randa.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tzute, cofradã­a, accession number 3-29835, described as Backstrap-loomed, warp-predominant plain weave, two-faced supp. weft brocading, two pieces, warps cut and hemmed by hand, joined center by randa.

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